Photographs of Greece, Spain, etc : photograph album, 1867-[1870s?]
Created:
1867-01-01T00:00:00Z/1879-12-31T23:59:59Z
Location:
MSS C0938 no. 242f
Identifier:
ark:/88435/2v23w075z
Edm rights:
No Known Copyright
Range label:
Logical
Type:
Photograph albums
Photographs
Text language:
Captions in English.
Source acquisition:
Purchase: Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund, 2006. 2007-27.
Abstract:
Large album, 41.5 x 35 cm., in protective case, containing groups of mounted photographs by Dimitris Constantine, Petros Mōraitēs, Konstantinos Athanasiou, Bartolomeo Borri, and Jean Laurent: 36 large photographs of Greece scenes and ruins (some with penciled captions); 26 smaller photographs of Greece scenes and ruins (some with penciled captions); 10 smaller photographs of Corfu scenes and people (some with penciled captions); 19 photographs of scenes in the Basque country and other towns in Spain (11 with printed captions, some with penciled place-names and dates of 1867). Some of the Greek sites shown include the Temple of Theseus, the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Venetian Tower, the theater of Bacchus, the Erectheum, the Temple of Aeolus, Hadrian's Arch, and sculptures from the Temple of Winged Victory; Spanish images include views of Hendaye, Irún, San Sebastián, and parts of the Alhambra in Granada. Title from spine of album.